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My local GS has an original Springfield converted to .22.. I think the price is $1250 if you are interested..
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Dang the last Springfield trainer 22LR I saw sold for $1600. Market is soft for hunting rifles right now if you have the money
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Is it an original M1922, M1, or M2? If so not " converted" to .22, they were made that way from scratch. Or is it a true conversion built by someone who knew what they were doing, or a basement Bubba job?
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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gnoahhh, I am not sure!!! This is not my thing, but I felt someone might be interested.. I looked at the gun several times.. I do not think it is a bubba job.. It is well done and has peep sights.. Maybe they all did.. I can check tomorrow before I leave for a camping trip if you like.. How do I check for M1 or M2??? I am slightly interested, but it is not my field... Thanks..
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It'll be marked as such. The Armory-built ones all came with Lyman 48 receiver sights. If in nice condition that's a decent price. Excellent shooters by the way. They were built for military target/training and civilian sales (through the NRA) both, to fill the need for a high quality "man sized" .22 bolt gun. When the Winchester M52 and other top tier .22's burdgeoned the gov't no longer saw the need to be in the .22 target rifle business.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
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My M2 would be one of the last .22's I got rid of. And I own a bunch of good .22's.
Make sure it has its magazine. Alone they're worth their weight in gold, almost literally.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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It has the magazine and I don't think the peep is a 48.. More military looking.. I will look tomorrow morning..
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I have owned several Springfield 1922 M2's and also Winchester M/52's. When it came time to downsize recently, the M/52 went and the Springfield stayed, it will be the last rifle that I would part with.
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My neighbor has two of them. All original. He also has one the I think has the pedersen device.
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When I first started shooting position with the Long Beach Police Junior Rifle Team, we had several of the Springfields, as well as Model 52s and a few Remington 40Xs. I loved those old Springfields. I always wondered what happened to them when the program was ended.
�That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.� George Orwell
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Just an up date.. I checked the peep is correct for this rifle... So were the marks.. The only thing I can see that is not correct it has a set of target blocks added... What would that do to the price??????
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Some had target scope block, some not shouldn't affect the price one way or the other.
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